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G. W. THOMPSON.v ATTAGHMET FOR BEDSTEADS.

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PatentedlJune 18, 1895.

NITED STATES PATENT Ortrtcn.

GEORGE lV. THOMPSON, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THOMPSON do BRONSON, OF SAME PLACE.

ATTACHMENT FOR B EDSTEADS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 541,339, dated June 1 8, 1895.

Application filed September 8,1894. Serial No. 522,447. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. THoMPsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rockford, in the county of Winnebago and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful rnprovements in Attachrnents for Bedsteads, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to construct to a support for the clothes of a bed, the support made to fold up When not in use.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an isometrical representation of my support in its folded position. Fig. 2 is an isomet- [5 rical representation of the support in its extended position. Fig. 3 is an isometrical representaton of the support in a Vertical position. Fig. Li is a Vertical section of one of the corner-posts of the foot-board of a bedzo stead, showing portions of the support. Fig.

5 is a section of the lower end of the bracerod.

My improved support is intended to have a connection with the foot board of a bedstead,

and made folding or extensible so that when not in use it may be closed or folded out of the way and when in use receive the bed clothes for the purpose of airing them and hold them clear of the fioor.

The posts 1, of the foot board are provided with Vertical central openings 2, and the outside face is provided with a Vertical slot 3. A cap 4, is placed on the upper ends of the posts having a portion of its rear edge cut 55 away. lVithin the Vertical central opening of each of the posts of the foot board is placed a bar 5, having a pin 12, extending transversely through it, and has a portion 6, of its inner end cut away. The outer ends of the bars 5, are connected by a rod 7, forming a framework. To each of the bars 5, nearer their inner ends is pivoted a brace rod 8, by apin 9. The lower end of this rod has a transverse portion 10, upon each end of which is placed a roller 11, held in place by riveting the ends of the cross bar. This inner end of the brace rod is placed in the Vertical central opening of the post. When the support is folded the bars 5 a'nd brace rods 8,v connected therewith are dropped into the Vertical openings of the posts until the connecting rod rests upon the upper ends of the posts. i In extending the support for use, the connecting rod 7, is raised, drawing out the bars 5, until the transverse pin 12, comes in contact With the under face of the cap 4, when they are moved outward and downward, the pin 1-2, acting as a pivot until the inner end of the bars come in contact with the underface of the cap. The brace rod will assume a diagonal position, the rollers resting against the opposite wall of the opening in the posts and the rod just above the rollers will come in contact With the end of the Vertical slot 3, in the posts, and this engagement in conjunction with the pin 12, and the inner end of the bars resting against the under face of the cap, will form the points of support for the frame.

of the bedstead the connecting rod is -raised until the bars 5, and brace rods 8, stand in a Vertical position in line with the central opening in the corner posts as shown at Fig. 3. The parts are-then lowered.

The action of the brace rods are automatic and by the movement of the connecting rod 7, they are folded or extended.

When the support is in its extended position the bed-clothes may be spread over it for the purpose of airing them.

Iclaim as my inVention-- 1. An extensible or folding support for bed clothes having a connection with the foot board of the bedstead, the corner posts of the foot board provided With lengthwise central openings and Vertical slots in the front face thereof, a main bar located in the central opening, a rod connecting the bars, a cap for each post preventing the removalof the main bar, and a brace rod for each main bar having a pivotal connection therewith and guided in the Vertical slot.

2. An extensible or folding support for bed clothes having a connection With the foot board of the bedstead, the corner posts of the In replacing the frame in th'e corner posts 7d foot board pivoted with lengthwise central ing a roller upon its iower end and guided in openings and Vertical slots in the front face the Vertical slot. thereof, a main bar located in the central opening, a rod connecting the bars, a cap for GEORGE NV' THOMPSON' 5 each post preventing' the removal of the main Vitnesses:

bar, and a brace rod for each main bar hav- H. A. BRONSON, ing a pivotal connection therewith support- A. O. BEHEL. 

